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stupidlyqueer · 3 months
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what bothers me more than sokka's sexism being changed in the atla live action is zuko's scar. or, actually, the little birthmark on his face that some basic makeup covers it up.
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yvainart · 1 year
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headcanon that zuko is partially deaf and blind
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WELCOME TO THE DISABILITY SWAG SUMMIT OF 2023!
In the following weeks, our favorite disabled characters will battle to the death to see who is the one worthy of the title of “Disability Swag Champion” of this year.
Without any more preamble, here come our participants!
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Part 1
1. Toph Beifong [Blind] (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
2. Edward Elric [Amputee] (Fullmetal Alchemist)
3. Frankie Stein [Amputee, Joint hyper mobility] (Monster High)
4. Hermann Gottlieb [Cane user] (Pacific Rim)
5. Eda Clawthorne [Chronic illness, Amputee] (The Owl House)
6. Hiccup and Toothless [Amputees] (How to train your dragon)
7. Neopolitan (Mute) [RWBY]
8. Pietro Polendina (Wheelchair user) [RWBY]
9. Geordi La Forge [Blind] (Star Trek)
10. Johnny Joestar [Paraplegic] (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)
11. Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader [Amputee, Respiratory ailments] (Star Wars)
12. Principal Bump [Partial blindness] (The Owl House)
13. Terezi Pyrope [Blind] (Homestuck)
14. Matt Murdock/Daredevil [Blind] (Marvel)
15. Vash the Stampede [Amputee] (Trigun)
16. Brightheart [One-eyed] (Warriors)
17. Barbara Gordon/Oracle [Wheelchair user] (Batman)
18. Kitty Softpaws [Declawed] (Puss in Boots)
19. Teo [Wheelchair user] (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
20. Izumi Curtis [Chronic illness] (Fullmetal Alchemist)
21. Hearthstone [Deaf] (Magnus Chase)
22. Jayfeather [Blind] (Warriors)
Part 2
1. Gordon Freeman [Amputee] (HLVRAI)
2. Handy [Amputee] (Happy Tree Friends)
3. Luca [Wheelchair user] (Monica’s Gang)
4. Kaz Brekker [Cane user] (Six of Crows)
5. Vriska Serket [Amputee, One-eyed] (Homestuck)
6. Dr. Gregory House [Chronic pain, Cane user] (House MD)
7. Future Leonardo [Amputee] (Rise of the TMNT)
8. Melanie King [Blind] (The Magnus Archives)
9. Hawkeye [Deaf] (Marvel)
10. Tavros Nitram [Wheelchair user] (Homestuck)
11. Donatello [Soft shell] (Rise of the TMNT)
12. Zuko [Burn scar, Visual impairment] (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
13. Finn the Human [Amputee] (Adventure time)
14. Ashton Greymoore [Chronic pain, Visual impairment, others] (Critical Role)
15. Mole [Blind] (Happy Tree Friends)
16. Ricky Potts [Mute, Crutch user] (Ride the Cyclone)
17. Scootaloo [Underdeveloped wings] (MLP: FIM)
18. Victor [Chronic illness, Mobility aid user] (League of Legends/Arcane]
19. Amaya [Deaf] (The Dragon Prince)
20. Briarlight [Paralyzed] (Warriors)
21. Charles Xavier/Professor X [Wheelchair user] (X-Men)
22. Elina [Wingless] (Barbie: Fairytopia)
If I got something wrong (it is your fault, you are the ones who gave me this info/hj) feel free to correct me!
Also, excuse my ugly brackets, they were really painful to make and the template thingies didn’t work properly.
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demaparbat-hp · 3 months
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okay so, recently I was replaying a game (won't say the title since this is a minor spoiler!) and at one point a character loses an eye, and there's a section where it shows him struggling to get used to this new lack of depth perception. even though i had an OC of my own who'd lost an eye, I'd never taken something like that into consideration. and then it made me think of your Zuko – and ofc whatever other Zukos have been imagined with a blind eye (which tbh I wish they'd allowed in the show but, oh well) – and how he might have to relearn firebending to some degree in the time after he'd been wounded by Ozai.
I just woke up so I'm not sure if I even had a question lmao but it's been stuck in my head for a little bit but, I also just love fanon Zuko lore that tbh I wish had been canon??
Hello! Partially blind Zuko never ceases to amaze me whenever I see a fanart or read a fic that depicts him like that.
There's a lot to be said about the damage done to him by Ozai, and Agni knows I'm a sucker for visual metaphors. The burn leaving Zuko half blind and deaf works for me as yet another metaphor of his dual nature. A permanent consequence of his father's hand covering his face in an attempt to silence him. To keep him isolated, weak, with only half of himself able to see the world as it is. A Blue Dragon who offers him the chance to close his eyes and rest.
The new lack of depth perception and the Agni Kai flashbacks would have made firebending torture for him. Zuko was already a failure and a coward. What kind of bender is afraid of his own element? What kind of Fire Prince can't stand the sight of a flame?
Healing is a tiring process, and though he may never see or hear as fully as he once did, he now knows fire for what it truly is. Life and destruction—two halves of a whole.
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ao3feed-zukka · 6 days
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Damsel in Distress
Read now on Ao3 at https://ift.tt/5B79IwC by WintersOpalClouds Only once in your life can you call upon the aid of your soulmate in a time of crisis where the spirits will teleport them to you until they deem the danger you're in has passed. A helpful boon but one that can come at a great cost if utilized wrongly. Most parents will teach their children to use this call with extreme caution. To make sure it's a situation where your soulmate can actually help and not one where you have doomed them to extreme harm or to an early death. Sokka knew all the tragic cautionary tales told to children to express this, he knew his soulmate wasn't some spirit, just another human like him. The last thing he wanted was to put their life at risk in a situation far beyond them, to sentence them to die by his side. But none of these known facts even registered in his panic when at the age of 10 the Fire Nation attacks his village and in desperation to save himself and his mother, he seeks out any help he can get, summoning his soulmate before the soldier's flames descend upon them. Maybe he should count himself lucky that his soulmate was one who had the ability to stop the fire from consuming them all.  Words: 19587, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Multi Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Azula (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Hakoda (Avatar), Kya (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Yue (Avatar) Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Minor or Background Relationship(s) Additional Tags: No Underage Sex, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Canonical Child Abuse, Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar), Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar), Long hair Zuko, Because I'm weak for that, Zuko realizes his dad is an abusive shithead early, Eventual Azula Redemption, she's gotta go through her villain era first though, everyone is 3 years older during main story, Occasional Explicit Content, Kya lives, this has consequences, Yue lives, explicit sexual content will be Zukka only, Bottom Zuko, Alternate Universe - Soulmate, mother said protect soulmate at any cost, and Zuko takes that to a whole other level because he's Zuko, Zuko being utterly devoted to a stranger and his people, better than him being overly loyal to an asshole dad, BAMF firebender Zuko, Protective Zuko, Sokka thinks his soulmate is the prettiest and makes it everyone's business, Sokka doing his best with a self-sacrificing idiot for a soulmate, Choose treachery it's more fun, Iroh and Zuko being partners in crime, Blue Spirit Zuko (Avatar), White Lotus Zuko Read it on Ao3 at https://ift.tt/5B79IwC
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biconickyoshi · 25 days
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I imagine Aang would be messing around or doing little braids on Zuko’s hair when he’s sleeping. On another note, given the theory about Zuko being partially blind and deaf, would he sleep on his right with people like Aang because he trusts him? Who is the spooner between Zukaang?
Yessss this would be so cute 🥺 After they get together in my AU, I’d like to imagine that Aang does this to help Zuko fall asleep. And then he wakes up with his hair looking crimped when he takes the braids out lol (I used to do this when I was younger).
As for the fan theory, I would say yes, Zuko would totally feel comfortable sleeping with his scarred side exposed around Aang! And I personally think that Zuko is more often than not the little spoon lol
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brain-deadx0 · 1 month
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So I love Avatar the last Airbender fics where Zuko is partially blind (and deaf) and while I dont read a ton of atla fics I've noticed something that I haven't seen brought up in said fics.
Partially blind Zuko tends to get described as facing forward and stuff, and (while i understand not doing this every time) as a partially blind person it doesn't make sense to me. Especially when hes supposed to be focusing on something.
Im mostly blind in my right eye so Im always facing a little to the right. But if im focusing on something (like reading/sewing/painting/etc.) my head is turned way more so I can see better. Its not even a conscious thing I'll just be working on something and then suddenly realize how much my head is turned.
And I would assume a partially blind/deaf Zuko would do it even more if hes partially deaf.
Even if he tries to look straight ahead for some reason to maybe hide the disability a bit or something, hed still probably turn his head without realizing.
Anyway not a big deal or anything and I'm not against anyone who leaves it out since most people dont think about it too much, but its just something I noticed.
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panther-os · 1 month
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i love you queer zuko
i love you trans zuko
i love you partially deaf and blind zuko
i love you chronic pain zuko
i love you plural zuko
i love you autistic with a special interest in turtleducks zuko
i love you favored by agni like yue is favored by tui and that's why your eyes are gold zuko
i love you witch zuko and beloved stray cat of the spirit world zuko
i love you zuko
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waterfire1848 · 1 year
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Modern au
Thanks for the ask!
I’m going to assume you mean Avatar but if I’m wrong correct me.
1. Katara and Sokka live with their grandma because their dad and Bato are off fighting in the Navy. Katara is in high school looking to do something in human rights and Sokka is also in high school and wants to become an engineer. Sokka met Suki, who lives with her two dads, his freshman year and the two started dating a few months later.
2. Aang is still twelve but he's also in high school. Gyatso would be his foster dad and Appa and Momo (a dog and a ferret(?)) are their pets. He's still bald but instead of having an arrow on his head it's now on his yellow and orange jacket.
3. Toph's parents think that the school they all go to is a private school that helps her because of her blindness. She's been able to keep that lie going for three years now. Katara helps her with any questions that she has and she's already declared that Sokka will be her chauffeur when he gets his license.
4. Ozai lost custody of Zuko and Azula when Zuko ended up in the hospital with third degree burns. They both live with Iroh who sends them to school and takes care of them in the apartment above his tea shop. Zuko, due to being partially blind and deaf, is in a few classes with Toph who introduced him to everyone else. Azula took longer to meet everyone because of her rivalry with Katara but eventually joined the group.
5. Mai's parents were strongly against sending her to a local high school but she wore them down. They also had to cut back on spending when Tom Tom was born at the same time that Ozai, their business partner, came under investigation for child abuse. Mai and Zuko started dating their sophomore year. Ty Lee's parents never cared where she went and Ty Lee liked going to the school because her sisters didn't go there. She does gymnastics for the school and has won three gold metals for her work. She also loves to freak out teachers and students by twisting her body into different shapes. She and Mai join the group shortly before Azula does.
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spacefinch · 8 months
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Characters with the most Disabled Swag
(according to me, an autistic person)
General Amaya (Dragon Prince-- deaf)
Ingo and Emmet (Pokemon BW; autistic-coded)
Toph Beifong (Avatar: The Last Airbender-- blind)
Clint Barton/Hawkeye (Marvel comics-- deaf)
Percy Jackson (ADHD + dyslexic)
Annabeth Chase (ADHD + dyslexic+ autistic-coded)
Leo Valdez (ADHD + dyslexic)
Shellington (Octonauts-- autistic-coded)
Peso (Octonauts-- anxiety)
Callum (Dragon Prince-- autistic-coded)
Ezran (Dragon Prince-- autistic-coded)
Bucky Barnes (Marvel-- amputee)
Phoebe Terese (Magic School Bus -- autistic-coded)
Arnold Perstein (MSB-- autistic-coded and anxiety-coded; visually impaired)
Ralphie Tenelli (MSB-- ADHD-coded)
Dorothy Ann (MSB-- autistic-coded)
Carlos Ramon (MSB-- autistic and ADHD-coded)
Mikey Ramon (MSB-- paraplegic; wheelchair user)
Kanan Jarrus (Star Wars Rebels-- blind)
Peter Parker (Spider-Man -- ADHD/autistic-coded)
Ava the wolf (Dragon Prince-- amputee)
Viktor (Arcane League of Legends-- uses a cane)
Jinx (Arcane League of Legends-- schizophrenic)
Deanna Troi (Star Trek TNG-- autistic-coded)
Julian Bashir (Star Trek DS9-- autistic-coded)
The Moon Knight system (Steven Grant, Marc Spector, etc... Disassociative Identity Disorder)
Zuko (ATLA: autistic-coded, traumatic eye injury)
Nick Fury (Marvel; partially blind)
Winona (Pokemon-- autistic-coded)
Iris (Pokemon-- autistic-coded)
Red (Pokemon-- non-verbal and autistic-coded)
Hiccup and Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon-- amputees)
Soren and Claudia (Dragon Prince-- neurodivergent-coded)
Jayfeather (Warrior Cats-- blind)
Crookedstar (Warrior Cats-- dislocated jaw)
Briarlight (Warrior Cats-- paraplegic)
Cinderpelt (Warrior Cats-- limited mobility)
Gray Wing (Warrior Cats-- asthmatic)
Moth Flight (Warrior Cats-- ADHD-coded)
Captain Picard (Star Trek TNG-- artificial heart)
Spock (Star Trek TOS-- autistic-coded + dyslexic)
Captain Barnacles (Octonauts-- autistic-coded + claustrophobic)
Pryce (Pokemon; uses a cane as a mobility aid)
Anabel (Pokemon-- amnesia)
Looker (Pokemon -- anmesia + ADHD-coded)
Allister (Pokemon -- social anxiety + autistic-coded)
N Harmonia (Pokemon -- unspecified trauma + autistic-coded)
Elesa (Pokemon-- autistic-coded)
There are plenty more characters, but this is it for now! Who do YOU think has the most disabled swag?
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But I deserve it (I deserve it all)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/54837724
Title: But I deserve it (I deserve it all) Author: Shikoku (No Tumblr Located) Rating: Not Rated Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Locked/Unlocked
Completed- 1 Chapter Published- March 30, 2024
Additional Tags:                                  
Zuko-centric (Avatar)
Child Abuse
Zuko's Scar (Avatar)
Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar)
Scars
Abusive Ozai (Avatar)
Iroh is a Good Uncle (Avatar)
the abuse is much worse than it is in canon
Sorry Not Sorry
Zuko (Avatar) Needs a Hug
Angst
Angst with a Happy Ending
Zuko Has Issues (Avatar)
no beta we die like jet
Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar)
Summary:  
By the time he turns 13, Zuko knows how to care for scars better than most people in the Fire Nation army.
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ao3feedzukka-blog · 15 days
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That's Rough Buddy
https://archiveofourown.org/works/55133617 by MyOwnLeftToe (Dainty_Sofa) Fire Nation throws a lot of festivals, Zuko is bringing back these festivities and decides he should share this one with his friends too - he doesn't anticipate having to navigate new relationships with familiar faces and definitely not coming so close to the spirit world. . . . . This is my English revision... Words: 2588, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/F, F/M, M/M Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Iroh (Avatar) Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Aang/Katara (Avatar), Toph Beifong & Zuko, Katara & Sokka (Avatar), The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar) Additional Tags: Festivals, Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Zuko-centric (Avatar), Firelord Zuko (Avatar), Iroh is a Good Uncle (Avatar), Chief Sokka (Avatar), Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar), Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar), Eventual Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Mutual Pining, Minor Aang/Katara (Avatar), Overworking, Sleep Deprivation, Assassination Attempt(s), Tatooed Sokka!!!, Long-Haired Zuko (Avatar), Idiots in Love April 11, 2024 at 02:48PM
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Can we talk about how Zuko is probably partially blind and also might be partially deaf? Can we incorporate this into fanon?? Like imagine a Zuko with chronic pain in his scars because he never took proper care of them. Imagine Zuko painfully learning to compensate for his damaged depth perception and covering his weak side in fights. Imagine Zuko silently turning so that he keeps the Gaang on his left to cover his most glaring weak spot. All of this could be ours
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transboysokka · 8 months
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i headcanon that zuko's got bad tinnitus in his left ear, as opposed to the usual headcanon of partially deaf. the tinnitus has good days and bad days, and sometimes makes it almost functionally impossible to hear on his left side, but it comes with the added benefit of tinnitus headaches, insomnia, and general irritation on bad days :) cuz i cant let the poor boy be happy lmao
Agreed! It makes sense and I also HC that he gets migraines so this fits in nicely with that.
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comradekatara · 2 years
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what’s in the gaang’s youtube history 📺
aang likes videos of people doing impressive skateboard tricks, video game speedruns, heartwarming videos titled smth like "WATCH THIS TO HAVE YOUR FAITH IN HUMANITY RESTORED", unlikely animal friends, cats being silly, puppies running around, comedy sketches with high production value, and whatever else 12 year old boys watch on youtube (lego??? minecraft??? pokemon??? i .... don't actually know)
katara is addicted to youtube almost as much as she is addicted to twitter. she watches so many longass videos on social/political issues and then tweets the creators about how one hour and forty three minutes into the video they stated an opinion that she personally disagreed with, and she demands an apology. she also loves elaborate makeup tutorials that she would never even bother to attempt to replicate (but she likes to think that maybe one day if she gets invited to the met gala, she now has some looks to choose from)
sokka's youtube library is extremely eclectic. he can't stop clicking on videos titled shit like "intro to particle physics" just to watch the entire thing and be like "why did i watch this i knew all that already." but yknow. he just had to make sure. he's a big fan of chris fleming, and he's made all his friends watch "gigi the christmas snake" multiple times. he's gone down a lot of rabbitholes in his day, but his personal favorite side of youtube is the videos of chemical reactions, especially the ones that end in an explosion.
toph occasionally enjoys listening to longass video essays about obscure topics, but mostly she just listens to podcasts. she’s also partial to this one video that’s just the sound of a chainsaw revving on a 10 hour loop, and she plays it at just the right volume that her parents will be like “what’s that awful noise?” to which she innocently responds “i don’t hear anything” and they’re like “oh no you must be able to hear it, it’s so annoying” and toph’s like “are you sure? it sounds normal to me.” she tries this on katara once, but katara gets so frustrated that she just yells “oh wow didn’t realize you were blind AND deaf” and that leads them to get in a very violent brawl in which toph’s nose is nearly broken, so she decides to limit this particular gambit to the company of her parents only. 
zuko exclusively uses youtube to watch cute animal videos. otherwise, he's terrified he'll accidentally click on something that might potentially radicalize him, since he read somewhere that the algorithm was designed to do that, or worse, direct him to one of those content farm generated animations of elsa getting a c section, which is apparently also a concern. frankly, the internet scares him, and he tries to avoid it as much as possible.
suki watches npr tiny desks, kexp live, lofi hip hop anime beats to relax/study to, and best of vine compilations. anything on youtube that isn't music or shortform comedy simply does not interest her.
to boost her platform, ty lee decides to go on a reality show. she pretends to be a vapid airhead, but is actually very subtly manipulating not only the other contestants, but also the crew. she walks away from the whole experience with double the number of instagram followers (she already had a sizable amount) and a huge bag. anyway, azula goes through a phase of obsessively watching a lot of clips from. that
mai is indebted to the guy who reuploaded all the “patti reviews exotic animals” videos after they got taken down from the original channel. her favorite youtube video of all time though is nathan fielder thin watermelon. she rewatches it at least once a week
ty lee’s youtube history is just meditation playlists and also the goriest true crime stories she can find #justgirlythings <3
yue loves the artful simplicity of those animated tedx videos. they’ve led her down a lot of really interesting research rabbitholes. she promised katara she’d stop sending them to sokka though after he spent the next month telling her about nothing but eel mating habits and lesser known facts about genghis khan
iroh only uses youtube to watch recordings of tea ceremonies and isn’t even aware that there are other types of videos on the platform. ignorance is truly bliss 
jet exclusively watches videos with the word “callout” in the title. the longer and more contrived, the better
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ao3feed-zukka · 1 month
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Lovable
Read now on Ao3 at https://ift.tt/zPpK79C by justniko "For so long, all I wanted was for you to love me, to accept me." ____ With the comet looming in the not so distant future and the day of black sun even closer thing are moving quickly. Of course that doesn't necessarily mean Zuko's relationship is progressing any faster. With everything that's happened Zuko and Sokka have to navigate what their relationship will be now, how it will change, while also helping plan for the nearing invasion. Zuko's relationship with Sokka isn't the only one changing, as he navigates the family he's found, and as he begins to understand what it truly means to be loved. Words: 2658, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Series: Part 3 of If So Others May Live Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: M/M Characters: Zuko (Avatar), Sokka (Avatar), Toph Beifong, Katara (Avatar), Aang (Avatar), Iroh (Avatar), Lu Ten, Azula (Avatar), Mai (Avatar), Ty Lee (Avatar), Ozai (Avatar), Sensu (Avatar), Earth Kingdom Character(s) (Avatar), Fire Nation Army (Avatar), Fire Nation Citizen(s) (Avatar), Southern Water Tribe Characters (Avatar), Zhao (Avatar) Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Sokka & Zuko (Avatar), Iroh & Zuko (Avatar), The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar), Toph Beifong & Zuko, Aang/Katara (Avatar), Katara & Zuko (Avatar), Katara & Sokka (Avatar), Aang & Zuko (Avatar), Hakoda & Zuko (Avatar), Hakoda & Sokka (Avatar), Bato & Zuko (Avatar), Lu Ten & Zuko, Azula & Zuko (Avatar), Mai/Ty Lee (Avatar) Additional Tags: Partially Blind Zuko (Avatar), Partially Deaf Zuko (Avatar), Zuko-centric (Avatar), Protective Sokka (Avatar), Zuko is So Done (Avatar), Zuko is an Awkward Turtleduck, Zuko is Bad at Feelings (Avatar), Sokka is a Good Significant Other (Avatar), he's trying, Past Abuse, Flashbacks, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Manipulative Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence Read it on Ao3 at https://ift.tt/zPpK79C
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